Covenant Life Church on Sexuality

Wisdom-Guided Sexuality
Joshua Harris - God calls Christians to pay close attention to God's truth about sex.
God’s Good Plan for Sex
Joshua Harris preaches a sermon on God's plan for our sexuality, and will help us cultivate a biblical plan for honoring God and fleeing temptation.
Resisting Lust
Joshua Harris continues the series on purity and leads us in considering how lust deceives us and how we can learn to resist it.

Husband and Wife
Joshua Harris borrows from our ongoing study of Paul's first letter to the Corinthians for our mini-series on sexual purity. In the opening verses of I Corinthians 7, we learn about the part marriage plays in protecting men and women from immorality. We also gain a proper view of a husband and wife's obligation to each other in marital intimacy.
Sexuality and the Beloved Child of God
Matt Maka - God calls Christians to walk in love in all aspects of life, including sexuality. By avoiding sexual sin, Christians can imitate their Father in heaven.
Beauty
Carolyn Mahaney - God prescribes a two-step beauty regimen for godly women: Trust God and adorn oneself with good works. This true beauty will not fade and will glorify the Father in heaven.
Romance Revisited: The Necessity of Biblical Conviction
Joshua Harris - How do you treat members of the opposite sex? Are your actions in accordance with biblical convictions? Dating or courting may not be specifically mentioned in the Bible, but God's Word does teach us how to relate to one another in a way worthy of the gospel.
God’s Perspective on Lust
Braden Greer - God says lust will kill you. Learn how to wield Scripture in the fight against sexual temptation.
Doing Things Right in Matters of the Heart
John Ensor - The gospel transforms how men and women relate to one another.
A Transferred Body: How does Jesus want us to be distinct in our sexuality? Pt A
Eric Simmons exhorts us to show our culture that Christ is more satisfying than sex as he asks what our thoughts and ideas about sex look like in the counter culture Christ has created.
A Transferred Body: How does Jesus want us to be distinct in our sexuality? Pt B
Eric Simmons shows us how as we live out God's new purposes in our lives he will prove to our culture that living for him far greater than living for sex.
The Power of Purity
Eric Simmons - When you think about our area, how do you think about reaching people for Jesus Christ? Listen as Eric Simmons exhorts us to turn conversations about sex into conversations about Jesus.
Temples of the Holy Spirit
Robin Boisvert leads us in seeing how we glorify God with our bodies when we think biblically about them. He helps us see how our bodies will be raised up by God, have been joined to Christ, and are temples of the Holy Spirit.
Protecting the Purity of the Church
Jeff Purswell teaches about the church's responsibility to pursue its own purity.
Courtship Shmourtship
Joshua Harris begins a two-part series on honoring God in romance and relationships by focusing on Paul's command to 'let love be genuine'.
Courtship is a Community Project
Joshua Harris examines the role friends, family, and the local church play in supporting single men and women in the pursuit of godly relationships.
A Modest Heart
Janelle Bradshaw - How are girls to guard their hearts and minds when it comes to the areas of lust and modesty?
A Modest Heart: Panel Discussion
Elise Mays; Janelle Bradshaw; Jean Mays; Jen Brewer
Pursuing God and Battling Lust
Matt Maka - How are guys to guard their hearts in the fight against lust?
Pursuing God and Battling Lust: Panel Discussion
Bob Kauflin; Dave Brewer; Gary Ricucci; Matt Maka
The Truth About Temptation
Joshua Harris teaches on a passage that helps us understand how to think about temptation in light of the real temptations the Corinthians faced and in light of our freedoms as believers in Christ.
Holiness is a Harvest
Joshua Harris leads us in taking a broader look at holiness, and how God's grace motivates us to be holy people by considering the principle, the warning, the promise, and the encouragement that we find in it.
Holiness and Media
Joshua Harris teaches us four things that holiness requires as it specifically relates to our cultures emphasis on TV and movies.